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Thoughts from yesterday's live event (I only went to the first show of the day):

There were quite a number of people walking around in pajamas jackets, with tomato being the most popular by far.

Unfortunately, the sound quality was far from great. Maybe they fixed it after a while, or I just got used to it, but it seemed slightly better towards the end. I don't know much about sound engineering, but it sounded kind of like the volume was higher than the speakers might have been recommended for. When they were talking or singing softly it was okay, but on loud parts - especially when they were shouting specific single words - it just maxed out and sounded horrible. Hopefully this can be fixed for the DVD. Don't know if the later show sounded different or not.

Spoiler for length and content, for people waiting on the DVD:

I did like how instead of just doing song #1, followed by #2, etc, there was sometimes a bit bleed over, where the next performer walked out while the former was still on stage and made some in-character comment.

The intro video was a bit badly edited, IMO. It showed the main four seiyuu travel by car from Tokyo to Yokohama (where the event was held), but when presenting their names, it moved so quickly on the the next person that there was little time to cheer separately for each one.

Yes! Yu Yu Yu Yuru Yuri

Let's Love de Ikimashou

Gorakubu, Ai to Yuuki to Kibou to Yuujou Theme: Nanamorinaka Gorakubu

This was followed by them presenting themselves and doing a call and response, with Tsuda's being my favorite:
Tsuda: "Men!"
Men: "Ya-T!"
Tsuda: "Women!"
Women: "Ya-T!"
(they were a bit surprised at how many responded)
Tsuda: "Cosplayers!"
A small number of scattered people sounding very happy to be acknowledged: "Ya-T!"

Koi no Double Punch
If she had been wearing anything other than her Double Punch costume and not said anything, it would've taken me a while to recognize Emiri Katou. Don't know when she got this haircut, but she looks kind of like Minako Kotobuki: http://pic.twitter.com/EVIJSymrIf
I'm not completely sure since it was over so quick, but I think that at a non-singing part Mimori did her little dance from the season 1 song for a second or two.

Nai Nai Niagara!

Ai no Delusion

After the song Aki was about to leave the stage when the rest of the student council ran in from the other side and told her to wait. Then they presented themselves and did a call and response. Best part: After "oppai kinshi!" Mimori followed that by getting the crowd to yell "oppai sansei!" instead ("boobs allowed").
I saw that Emiri Katou later wrote on her twitter that "for today only, boobs are allowed".

Onna to Onna no Yuri Game
Featuring Akari in a cage. Afterwards it's time for Yui's song, and Chinatsu is basically like "Wait, this is not what it looks like!"

E Kagen YUI Kagen
I think this was the only song with smoke machines. Cause Tsuda is awesome

Hashaide Mitari Nayande Mitari Koisuru Otome wa Yuru Yuri
I did like her "dance" which basically consisted of walking 4-5 steps in one direction and then walking back again backwards. And the air guitar.

Yonde Mirakurun!
For some reason Ayana Taketatsu didn't sing the verses in her usual Mirakurun voice, but in a slightly lower tone. Also: A sweet light-up baton wand! When I first saw the stage, it looked a bit simple. Then the letters and stars lit up during the first songs, so okay, at least there's that. But by this song they were going all out with all kinds of colored, blinking lines and lighting effects.
Afterwards she did her own call and response, with the crowd playing the role of Ganbo.

Ano ne!
I was surprised how many in the crowd knew the "background lines" of the verses by heart.

Shiawase Gift
"AKKARIN!"

Pajamas Ryoko
At this point I noticed that the screen was only being used to show live camera footage. No small animated effects like the running sheep in the second concert... Like most songs that were done on both the 2nd and 3rd event, the performance here was virtually identical to the earlier one.

Kirai Ippai x Suki Ippai
Shouting "oppai!" over and over is even more fun than it might sound!

Then came a mini drama. The plot was that the club was going to a karaoke box and invited the student council, "cutting" between the two until they met up. The songs were short versions of the ones from the latest album. And halfway though each song, the big screen started to show a karaoke music video - complete with lyrics - starring respective seiyuu. The funniest part was that the videos (especially Yui's and Chinatsu's) looked so very cliché and generic! Also, all of them had been recorded in Yokohama.

Oh, and for the drama part only, the biggest improvement over the second event: Someone finally realized that it would be a good idea to put glasses on Aki Toyosaki!

Yui: Tsuntsun BalladVideo: She walked around at night looking sad and rode the big Ferris wheel alone.
This had the #1 funniest moment of the whole show. The other three tried to "spice up" the song despite its slow pace, resulting in this:

...at which time she skipped the first line of the chorus and instead yelled at them for ruining her ballad!

Chinatsu: Abashiri BojouVideo: She stood at the waterfront wearing a hat and trenchcoat, and dropped a white rose in the sea. And then pulled out a glass of brandy from nowhere...
She tried to get Yui to sing a duet, but she didn't know the song. And Kyouko's offer was declined. This was one of my favorites. Rumi Ookubo + hamming it up + enka + confessing her love to Yui = awesome. Listen to the last 30 seconds of the album version and think about three times as hammy.

Akari: Santa ga YattekuruVideo: She skipped around in a Santa outfit carrying presents.
The other three left the room at this point for various reasons, so she performed it by herself. When they returned after the song, the student council members had arrived.

They also got Mirakurun involved in the story, by having her appear in a couple of voiced-over commercials. I wish this had been a "medium drama" at least, with the student council also singing some songs. Very fun setting!

Girls Power de
Straight out of Chinatsu's fantasies, with her wearing a pink dress, and Tsuda manning it up as a prince. Think this: http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.p...st_id=22926997 except that she also had some very high grade zettai ryouiki, for some reason. Come to think of it, how did they get time to change so quickly..?

Miracle Duet
Again, same as last year, including the same yukatas.

Then Aki Toyosaki walked out again. "Weird", I thought, "is she going to sing her B-side as well?" She talked about missing the last event, and to make up for it she'll sing another song. A new, yet to be released song. And it's a duet with the unannounced Momo-chan!

Uchi to Watashi wo Shin Made Tsukekonde
Cute, apparently pickle-related song I wonder when and how this will be released on CD. Although poor Momo, when is she finally going to be listed among the performers in beforehand?

This was followed by a medley where everyone sang a short version (either one verse and chorus, or just the chorus) of their respective season 1 character song.

Yell -Yuru Yuri Live Stars! Version-

Then the big screen showed a video where Shiori Mikami was practicing at the piano, and her telling through text how grateful she is of the fans, and that she has come up with a way to thank us. A piano was brought out on stage.

Minna Daisuki no Uta
Sung and performed by Shiori Mikami. She got through about two thirds of it before breaking down in tears, while managing to keep playing the piano (there was no other background music, just her). She had a very cute expression for a while, like half crying and half being very annoyed at herself for crying, as if she'd told herself not to do that. Huge applause afterwards.

The other three join her on stage and they talk a bit about various things, including the karaoke videos. Tsuda complained that it's cold to wear the Nanamori school uniform outside at night, and Mikami talked about what people said when they saw her run around as Santa in February

MY SWEET MEMORY
I believe that this was the only 4-person song where microphone stands were used.

My Pace de Ikimashou
Virtually the exact same "featuring everybody"-version as they did at the second event, except that this time Aki and Momo shared their part of the second verse.

Yuri Yura Ra Ra Ra Yuru Yuri Dai Jiken

Thank you speeches.
Funny moment #1: Ayana pointing out that she didn't have one of those big button thingies that came with the DVDs on her shirt, since they didn't produce one for Mirakurun (although Momo also wore one, despite the lack of a Chizuru version so I guess that was a second Chitose).

They all held up great until it was Yuka Ootsubo's turn (second to last) who said maybe all of three words before breaking down completely. Eventually she managed to say what she wanted - while covering her eyes for the most part - but she was basically pausing between every sentence.

Funny moment #2: Just before and during Yuka's speech, Mikami (who was last) kept turning to Ookubo doing a "I can do this!"-gesture (this was the first that came to mind ) to which Ookubo kept responding the same way. Like with her performance, she got quite far with her speech before eventually crying.

While they were all running around on stage waving goodbye an instrumental version of Yuri Yura Ra Ra Ra Yuru Yuri Dai Jiken was playing in the background. I don't know if it was intentional, by mistake, or that the producers simply didn't care one way or the other, but when they eventually left the stage for good, there was still about a minute left of the song. So naturally we in the crowd did the only natural thing: Wave glow sticks and sing along as usual even though no one was performing, resulting in: